How did so many critics miss the point of this movie so much?
How did so many critics miss the point of this movie so much?
Tyler Jackson
Chase Nguyen
Plebs
Levi White
Unironically my favorite Arnold kino
David Davis
Happens all the time. Critics are confused by anything that doesn't fit the mold.
Logan Sanchez
cdance best villain
Angel Taylor
It was too much kino for its time
Xavier Perez
Prime example
Cameron Rivera
It's weird just how many reviews didn't understand it's a parody.
That said, the film has a few big flaws, largely spending way too long on the kid in the real world at the start.
Henry Foster
Roger Ebert didn't even understand Predator.
A jizz-mopper is of more use to society than a movie critic.
Eli Ward
Cameron Jackson
Ebert didn't get The Thing either
Nathan Garcia
Its almost like the critics didn't understand it's satire
Ian Jackson
based as fuck
Ayden Cruz
they saw arnie and thought it was a straight-up action movie.
Charles Smith
After the critical response to Speed Racer I stopped listening to critics entirely.
Noah Sullivan
Pasta nigs BTFO
Chase Morales
How can one man produce so much kino
Colton Taylor
>so many critics
Doug Walker and who else?
Liam Perry
he was truly the last action hero
Luke Smith
One of the best
Wyatt Myers
only peabrains wouldn't
Juan Cook
Honestly i dont get how someone could watch this and not love it
Alexander Lewis
They didn't miss the point, it's just nowhere near as good as it thinks it is. Critics love to sink their teeth into a hubris-laden misfire. It's the definitive example of a big budget vanity project with no soul.
It's still fun though
Landon Wright
this movie is really not as good as you think.
mind you IT'S NOT BAD. I too like it, but the people that say it should have just been played straight are honestly not wrong.
it just ends up feeling like a little bit of a waste of prime arnie.
Liam Green
>this movie is really not as good as you think.
yes it is
Joseph Gonzalez
They're idiots!
Gavin Ramirez
Go fuck yourself
Cooper Bailey
I always laughed when the child said that the police killed Mozart
Charles Turner
It's not bad, but if you're old enough to remember the hype, it's nowhere near as good as it should have been considering the combo of huge budget + Schwarzenegger + McTiernan + Shane Black + William fucking Goldman. There's enough talent and spectacle in the movie to give the viewer a good time, but the movie fails at the task it sets itself. And compared to other action movies of the era, it's pretty fucking poor.
- It should have been played straight
- It shouldn't have beaten us over the head about how much we're supposed to love Arnold Schwarzenegger, even if we do
- The kid should have been recast, and absolutely not encouraged to play the part of a nagging wife
It has its moments, lots of them, but Charles Dance is the only element which 100% works.
Jackson Walker
Just because something is satire doesn't make it good
Aaron Miller
cope
Ethan Barnes
indeed. Satire and parody is one thing but the whole thing just devolves into a weird action movie meta-commentary that's more or less "yeah no shit" it's just not that interesting or fun to see arnies character pulled into the real world, and it's suppose to be the films climax...it falls flat as fuck.
Tyler Perry
But Ebert helped Russ Meyer's write Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, so he helped to create job security for jizz moppers. Checkmate, user.